Paper Title: Persistent Memory Architectures: Improving system resilience and recovery

Paper Abstract: With the emergence of serial-attached protocols like CXL and CCIX, it is now possible to connect DRAM-based devices in the same physical slot as a NAND Flash SSD. This presentation will discuss opportunities to redefine guidelines around common infrastructure components such as form-factors, management interface protocols, power mode, and Thermal profiles, so that existing software and hardware infrastructure built for NVMe drives can be reused for DRAM-based CXL Memory devices. Some examples include: - redefined optional signals in EDSFF SFF-TA-1009 spec to enable Persistent Memory functions - expanding power and Thermal profiles in SFF-TA-1006 and SFF-TA-1023 for DRAM devices - Remapping few NVMe-MI command for DRAM-based Memory modules.

Paper Author: Pekon Gupta, Solutions Architect, SMART Modular Technologies

Author Bio: Pekon Gupta is working as Solutions Architect at SMART Modular Technologies. He has more than 16 years of experience in hardware systems ranging from silicon design, board and system bring-up, and developing Linux kernel drivers for embedded systems. He is currently involved in Memory (DRAM) and Storage products supporting new standards like CXL and NVMe 2.0. His areas of interest include enabling open-source framework for Storage and Networking accelerators. Prior to joining SMART Modular, Pekon was working at Intel, Esencia Tech, Sandisk, Texas Instruments, and Freescale.